Characterization and microbial analysis of first recorded observation of Conicera similis Haliday (Diptera: Phoridae) in forensic decomposition study in Romania
| Autor: | Emily N. Junkins, Cristina Purcarea, Lavinia Iancu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine
Burial media_common.quotation_subject Zoology Insect Pathology and Forensic Medicine 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine RNA Ribosomal 16S Animals Colonization 030216 legal & forensic medicine Forensic entomology Forensic Pathology Weather Illumina dye sequencing Phoridae media_common Larva biology Romania Diptera fungi General Medicine Feeding Behavior biology.organism_classification Soil type Rats 030104 developmental biology Taxon Postmortem Changes Law Entomology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of forensic and legal medicine. 58 |
| ISSN: | 1878-7487 |
| Popis: | The identification of necrophagous insect diversity and dynamics has forensic significance for postmortem interval estimation specific to burial. Few studies regarding the necrophagous entomofauna from buried remains have been performed to date. In contrast to the exposed carcasses, the accessibility of soil to insects is limited due to burial depth and is dependent on soil type. This study highlights the colonization behavior of Conicera similis (Haliday 1833) (Diptera: Phoridae) during carcass decomposition, a previously unobserved taxon in Romania. Adult and larvae specimens were collected from rat (Rattus norvegicus) carcasses buried at 40 cm depth in an urban park environment in June 2016 during active decomposition and their presence and activity period was correlated with the environmental parameters variation. Bacterial diversity from C. similis female adult and larvae specimens was determined via 16S rRNA gene Illumina sequencing to further characterize these commonly encountered and forensically important necrophagous insects. This report signals the easternmost geographical location in Europe (Bucharest, Romania) of C. similis to date. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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